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Hill, Derek, 1916-2000

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1916-09-06 - 2000-12-06

Biographical note

Arthur Derek Hill was born in 1916 in Hampshire, England. He settled in Ireland in 1954 as he found success as an oil painter. In the 1960s, his portrait subjects included many notable composers, musicians, politicians, and statesmen. He was also an enthusiastic art collector and traveller. Many of his landscapes portray scenes from Tory Island, where he started an artists' community. Hill was made a CBE in 1997 and in 1999, he was made an honorary Irish citizen by Irish President Mary McAleese. He died at a London hospital on July 30, 2000.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Hill, Derek, 1983-2011

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: C0148389], Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper articles and a photograph.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Dates: 1983-2011
Found in: / Francis Harvey papers / Correspondence

John Hume, with wife Pat and a portrait of himself by Derek Hill, 1998

 File — Box 8, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: A collection of photographs by Bobbie Hanvey featuring people and scenes from Northern Ireland during and after The Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland. The collection contains portraits, candid shots, and documentary images of everyday life, public events, paramilitary activity and violence, as well as political and religious figures. Hanvey also photographed artists, entertainers, performers, poets,...
Access Note

Collection is open for research; available digitally. Access is limited to the digital version.

Transparent media and digital storage media (hard drives) are not available for use; access limited to the online digital version.

Dates: 1998
Found in: / Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives / Politicians and political activities

Letters to Mahon, 1984 - 1986

 File — Shared_box 2591: [Barcode: C0148384], Folder: 16-19
Scope and Contents Correspondents include Pat Adams, Jonathan Barker, Drusilla Beysus, Faber and Faber, John Fedyk, Sarah Ferguson, C.J. Fox, Lorraine Goodman, Damian Grant, Eamon Grennan, The Groucho Club, Michael Heffernan, Aidan Higgins, Derek Hill, Jennifer Johnston, Paul Joyce, Denis Knight, Doreen Mahon, Katie Mahon, Rory Mahon, Kate Mannering, Duncan Minshull, Lynda Moran, Mark Mortimer, Noel O'Connell, Desmond O'Grady, Michael O'Laughlin, Douglas Oliver, Margaret O'Sullivan, Stephen Romer, Mary Salmon,...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1984 - 1986
Found in: / Derek Mahon papers / Correspondence

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